dilapidate

vi. 毁坏；荒废；浪费

vt. 荒废；毁坏

v.

（使）荒废，（使部分）毁坏，浪费；

英英释义

dilapidate[ di'læpideit ]

v.bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

Second, they may indulge in it, thus dilapidate their study, which isn't rare.
其次，他们会沉迷其中以致荒废了学习，这是不罕见。

权威例句

dilapidate

dilapidate: [16] It is a common misconception that dilapidate means literally ‘fall apart stone by stone’, since the word comes ultimately from Latin lapis ‘stone’ (as in lapis lazuli [14], literally ‘azure stone’). But in fact Latin dīlapidāre meant ‘squander’ (a sense once current in English, but now superseded). It was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and lapidāre ‘throw stones’, and thus originally must have meant literally ‘scatter like stones’, but its only recorded sense is the metaphorical extension ‘throw away or destroy wantonly, squander’.The application of the word to the destruction of buildings is a piece of later etymologizing.=> lapis lazuli

dilapidate (v.)

1560s, "to bring a building to ruin," from Latin dilapidatus, past participle of dilapidare "to squander, waste," originally "to throw stones, scatter like stones;" see dilapidation. Perhaps the English word is a back-formation from dilapidation.

1. He had a reputation for being bloody-minded and difficult.

他为人刻薄、难相处是出了名的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Their sporting reputation has suffered enormously from Johnson's exposure.

由于约翰逊东窗事发，他们的体育声誉受到了严重损害。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The City's reputation has been sullied by scandals like those at Lloyd's.

类似劳埃德保险公司的那些丑闻令伦敦名声扫地。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Mr Zuma had a solid reputation as a grass roots organiser.

作为一个民众的组织者，祖玛先生名声甚佳。

来自柯林斯例句

5. He is proud of his reputation as a seducer of young women.

他很得意自己“芳心猎手”这一名声。

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[ reputation 造句 ]